Իգնատիոս Մետրոպոլիտ
( n. 1956 )

Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, métropolite de l'Eglise de Grèce

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As Chancellor, he workedespecially with young people. He organized and was in charge of the Youth Office of the Metropolis of Piraeus as well as developing camp and other pastoral programs for the youth. He also served as the Vice-President of "Syndesmos," the world brotherhood of Orthodox Youth.
He helped open the Church to the press through several endeavors such as publishing the magazines "Piraiki Ecclesia" and "Elpidofora Neiata", organizing and managing the radiostation Piraiki Ecclesia 91.2 FM and through ET1's televised program "Arhontariki," which he has hosted from 1992 until today. During this time he also worked on a televised program of EPA-5 on the emigrant Greeks from all over the world. He also served as the representative to the press for the late Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos.
As a person with great interest in the relationship between Church and society as well as science, he served as a member of the National Board of Organ Transplants and has taken part in many medical and scientific conferences, setting forth the position of Orthodox Theology. He was also a founding member of the Syndesmos of Scientists of Piraeus.
On October 10, 1998, He was ordained as the Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros by the late Archbishop of Athens Christodoulos and was enthroned on November 14, 1998. From the moment of his election as Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, he has continued the immense work of his predecessor Archbishop Christodoulos in ministries involving youth, charity, and missions, while taking a series of new initiatives, which contributed to the on-going dialogue between the Church and the local community.